Sacramento Dads Start California’s 5th City Dads Chapter

Tower Bridge is a popular landmark in Sacramento, Calif., home of the newest City Dads Group. (Photo: Wikipedia)

Another state capital has been added to the swelling ranks of City Dads groups with the recent addition of the Sacramento Dads Group.

Creation of the Sacramento dads outfit gives our national fatherhood support network its fifth chapter in California, joining Fresno, San Diego, San Francisco and Los Angeles. City Dads Group now has chapters in each of the four most-populated metropolitan areas in the state.

The group is being led by Ray La Point, a married stay-at-home father to one very busy toddler, Remy. According to the bio on his blog, Dads in the House, he is “passionate” about “learning as much as I can about child development, raising multicultural and multilingual children, supporting public libraries” and backing causes related to fighting cancer and those helping dogs.

La Point said the Sacramento area has many parenting groups that support baby-wearing and mommy-and-me activities, but a “Sac City Dads Group” will have different goals. He listed some of these being to help fathers in all sort of parent roles:

“When I found out I was going to be a dad, I started looking for books and groups to learn how to not only be a good father, but also how to survive being a stay-at-home dad,” he said in email statement. “Although the number of stay-at-home dads are on the rise, it is still hard to find resources or find mom groups that are inclusive of dads. I’ve always wanted to have a group focused on dads who take an active role in raising their children, that’s why I’m extremely excited to be part of City Dads Group and connecting with other dads in and around Sacramento.”

City Dads Group is a dynamic and diverse community of fathers redefining, by example, what it means to be a dad in the 21st century. Our national support network has more than 9,900 members based in and around major metropolitan U.S. cities. These include Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles and New York City.

Founded in November 2008 in New York City as a way a handful of fathers could arrange playdates and outings with their children, the organization went national as City Dads Group in 2014.